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In a restroom at IBM's Watson Center, a supervisor had placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it -- "THINK!" The next day, when he went to the restroom, he looked at the sign and right below, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign which read -- "THOAP!"


The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.

A peacock!


A doctor is to give a speech at the local AMA dinner. He jots down notes for his speech. Unfortunately, when he stands in front of his colleagues later that night, he finds that he can't read his notes. So he asks, "Is there a pharmacist in the house?"

The last I got right away (having had to read drs. writing a lot), but the first two I didn't get at all. :-[

Well, the second one's a tough riddle unless you're mind's with the birds. :D

The first one.. Tech guys just think that way.. Sink.. Soap.. Think..

 ;D

I got the first and last one but not the middle one.
I peeked at the answer though.  :-\  My reformation didn't last long.  ;D

What is a country song played backwards? Your wife gets back with you, your dog comes back to life, your car starts, you get your job back and life is great.

There was this city doctor who started a practice in the countryside. He once had to go to a farm to attend to a sick farmer who lived there. After a few housecalls he stopped coming to the farm. The puzzled farmer finally phoned him to ask whats the matter, didn't he like him or somethin'. The doctor replied, "No, its your ducks at the entrance... Every time I enter the farm, they insult me!"

 ;D

Love the holy card Brigid!  ;D

Does this mean that a good Catholic life is like a country song played forward? :-\ 

 :happyroll: :rotfl: :rotflblue:

i love these -- i'm getting my humor fix for the morning -- but how does martin peek at the answers?  i just don't get the second one!  i need help -- inever studied bird names, if that is the answer -- any hints or do i need to cheat by googling or something??

here's one for you -- no riddle, just a funny:

A little girl, dressed in her "Sunday best" was late and running to her Sunday school class. As she ran, she prayed, "Dear God, please don't let me be late. Dear God, please don't let me be late."
Then she fell.
She got up, dusted her self off and saw that her dress was now dirty and had a little tear.
She started running again, still praying, "Dear God, please don't let me be late."
But this time she added, "But please don't push me, either!"

 :rotflblue: Oh that one's a riot, it reminds me of St. Teresa of Avila in the mud.

If you use your mouse you can highlight text, and with riddles I put the text in invisible ink so to speak, white colored.. but if you highlight just under the riddle, it will be revealed!

oh no!  that sort of cheating is too easy!  oh i hope i can resist!  i like to work my brain but the easy way is so tempting!!  wow -- you do have a lot of computer tricks up your sleeve!

hahaha!  i cheated!  i love that one -- can't wait to share that at dinner tonight -- my girls will love it.

on the same sort of line as the Think-Thoap joke -- my daughter kept forgetting her cell phone and my other daughter kept forgetting to hang up her coat, so to remind them, i put up a post-it on the door that said 'CELL PHONE!'  and another on the wall that said "COAT!" and when my brother came to visit he joked that i was going to really confuse my kids, telling them a door was a cell phone and a wall was a coat.  oh well it was funny at the time -- it still makes me smile to remember -- i love my brother!

Here a riddle:

Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

 :D

I cheated and looked it up,  ::) but I won't spoil it.
 Lets see if someone smarter than me actually figures it out.   ;D

I knew it straight away Shin, so we must have come across it earlier. It is the letter "m" ;D

Correct!

I am going to have to think up some harder riddles!  :irishwisdom:

Right, meanwhile there is this:
What is green as grass but grass it's not,
Then white as snow but snow it's not,
Then red as blood but blood it's not,
Finally black as coal but coal it's not?
N.B
I cannot remember where it came from. It is in my e-mail. I hope it is not another of the old ones someone had already posted on this Forum  ;D

Hmm, this is a toughie, it reminds me of those silly newspaper riddles..

Perhaps a  hint?

Okay, let us see now: 
I hear that some have rebelled against being consumed by men and have turned into hand held gadgets ;D

That is more of a give away than a hint ;D

I feel especially dense! I keep coming back and looking at it and I am not able to figure it out!  :D

Not dense at all. I think only the one who thought it up knew the answer right off.
I didn't have a clue  ;D
Here is the answer.

A blackberry.
When a blackberry first begins, it is green, then it turns white. When it starts to ripen it turns red and then is black when completely ripe.
 

 :o I don't believe it! I think I even thought of that once when I was puzzling over it but skipped it because I thought of it as just one color!  :speachless:

Yeah, it happens  ;D

Here's a word puzzle for the day!

What little animal becomes a big one, when it loses one letter!

_ _ _

 :D

Sure it is not you little fishie?  ;D ::

 :rotflblue:



                                                             

Okay, then why run if not guilty conscience ;D
Let me turn my attention to other wee animals then  ;D

Rough going but,  "if at first you don t succeed try, try again"... ;D

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Don't forget the hint!  :D

Yes! yes! yes!
I think I got it; maybe; maybe not ;D
I had to go looking for names of fish though because I think fishie doth protest too much ;D
Scat and Cat, yes, no? ;D

Ho ho, that's a funny answer! Not quite it no..

_ _ _

Three letters to begin with! :D

That should help!!

Three letters for a small animal, loose one letter two remain denoting a large animal!
Back to the drawing board ;D

 :littlepigeons:

Not us!

I prayed for this one so it is correct  ;D
I was just giving up so I asked Him. I said "okay, Lord, it is just a word game but You know everything and You did say to ask for whatever we need  and here I am at a loss; even Shin's clues do not appear to help except maybe the starting point of three letters" :)
So here we are  " fox" and "ox"
Little foxie turns into a huge ox when the 'f' falls off!
How is that  ;D

Yes it is correct! That is the answer!

Congratulations!

Deo gratias!

 ;D

            :rejoice: :cherubim: :tinyangel: :teapot:

 :lilo: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :littlepigeons: :fishie:

We know whom to congratulate  for the answer;

Hohoho!

It reminds me of Canticle of Canticles 2:15 'Catch us the little foxes, that destroy the vineyards: for our vineyard hath
flourished.'

So I'll ask another question, what do the foxes represent?

 ;D

And now I must be off, as the electricians are coming shortly. Prayers that it goes well!

Prayers offered. :crucifix:

Shin, I have never heard of Canticle of Canticles, leave alone read them!  The only canticles I know are the ones in the Bible. I would need to do a little research before I can answer your question if at all  ;D

Ho ho, they also call it 'Song of Songs'.

 :D

I have read it. To answer your question, the little foxes are apparently false teachers of the Word of God.  Sadly we have so many of them these days, those little foxes "that destroy the vines" :(

Yes that is correct! The false teachers or the heretics!

 :D